Habitat selection by the Puerto Rican yellow-chinned anole, Anolis gundlachi

Canadian Journal of Zoology

Volumn 83, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 983-988

  Rodríguez Robles, Javier A ^a   Leal, Manuel ^b   Losos, Jonathan B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BIPED LOCOMOTION; ECOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; VEGETATION;

EVOLUTIONARY DYNAMICS; HABITAT SELECTION; LOCOMOTION CAPACITY; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS;

OCEAN HABITATS;

HABITAT SELECTION; LIZARD; PERCHING BEHAVIOR; VEGETATION STRUCTURE;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; GREATER ANTILLES; OCEANIC REGIONS; PUERTO RICO; WORLD;

ANOLIS GUNDLACHI; PRESTOEA ACUMINATA; SQUAMATA;

EID: 27744444754     PISSN: 00084301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/z05-082     Document Type: Article

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